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A Skydiver Damaged Kevin Harvick's Car Before Yesterday's Race
Kevin Harvick has never won a Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway, and two hours before Sunday's race he received a sign from above: This wasn't going to be the day....
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Kentucky's Joker Phillips, RIP)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
The Swearing Ref On A Hot Mic In Indianapolis Also Freaked Out The Colts' Radio Broadcasters
Tony Corrente was having a spot of trouble with his mic, dropping a "God damn it" that had Kevin Harlan audibly cringing. But it was an ongoing problem, as the Colts radio crew caught Corrente dropping a "what the fuck are you doing?"...
Hey Everyone, We're Back
Back in the game! We're still working the site back into shape after a week of Tumbling—I don't know if you heard, but our servers, whatever those are, got all waterlogged, what with the hurricane—but we're back now and we promise never to leave again. If you've had anything bottled up the past fe...
Eli Manning Is Losing His Mind
What kind of madness is this??? Original Image via @SportsPickle. This image from—what else?—Eli Manning Looking At Things....
Deadspin Up All Night-ish: For You
Well, this was a strange week. We hope to return to normalcy-politics!-very shortly. The usual weekday suspects will be here for you tomorrow so do check back. As always, thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. ...
Steve Smith Goes Big Willie Style
Steve Smith had himself a totally average day: 41 yards receiving and one touchdown. But it's what you do with yourself after the touchdown that counts-and did Smith ever do stuff with himself after the touchdown. Following a 19 yard reception in the second quarter Steve did this little (???) dance ...
Tampa Bay Rookie Doug Martin Just Put In One Of The Best Rushing Performances Of All Time
His four touchdowns sets a Tampa Bay Bucs franchise record, his 250 yards made him tied for number ten on the all-time single game rushing yards list, his three touchdown runs for 45 yards or more-he went for 70, 63 and 45-made him the first ever to accomplish that feat in a game. And the runs were...
New White Sox GM Rick Hahn's First Move: Trading His Predecessor's Son
Picture via Getty...
Ref, On Hot Mic In Indianapolis: "God Damn It!"
Madness in Indy: Andrew Luck had the most single-game passing yards ever for a rookie with 433 (and two touchdowns to boot), refs were yelling church swears on open mics, and the Colts just wrapped it up on a day when two rookie quarterbacks combined for 723 yards through the air. The best part of t...
Eli Manning Looking At Defenses: Your NFL Late Games Viewing Guide
Three more games for you this late-afternoon/evening before Dallas embarrasses itself against Atlanta. Let's all look at Eli Manning, who will most assuredly be looking at plenty of things. ...
Liverpool Fans Get Drenched When Faulty Sprinkler Goes Off At Halftime
"You know what would be fun? A football match," one might say to a friend. "Let's get tickets and go," a friend might respond. "It'll be a nice day and there would be absolutely no chance of us getting soaked to the bone by some random, malfunctioning sprinkler positioned right at the edge of the pi...
Your Sunday NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
We've got you covered this afternoon for a full slate of NFL games including big time rivalries like the Browns and Ravens. If that's not your cup of tea, try out the "Suck for Luck" participants reacquainting after their race to the bottom from a year ago. Or just try coffee. ...
Report: The NFL Has Voided Sean Payton's Contract With The Saints
Picture via the AP...
Jim Mora Told His Assistants To Put Some Eyeblack On And They Went Way Overboard
Via SB Nation, Jim Mora asked UCLA's assistant football coaches to put on some war paint just before the game last night, and they…obliged. The Bruins tore Arizona a new one, so it worked....
Fun (?) With Sporting Events As Predictors Of Election Results
Desperate to know how this Tuesday's election will turn out? Uninterested in complicated mathematics that can predict the winner with a fairly high degree of accuracy? Superstitious or just simple-minded? Can we interest you in…a series of sports-related coincidences?! ...
Ersatz Deadspin Up All Night
No actual DUAN! here, but we wanted to put a song here, remind you of LSU-Alabama (8.p.m., CBS), and tell you to put on Pitt-ND if you didn't already know (NBC). Notre Dame just fumbled in their own endzone during the second overtime. UPDATE: Third overtime. UPDATE #2: Dang....
Brandon Rush Won't, In Fact, Be Alright
In a cosmic sense, that's probably true, and we admire Brandon's stoicism....
Floyd Mayweather Bet $1.1 Million On A College Football Game
Speaking of Money Mayweather, Floyd bet $1.1 million (to make a million!) on Oregon in tonight's game against USC. (CORRECTION: See below.) Expect USC to trot out a previously unknown fifth-year senior named C. Jackson. h/t Justin...